Southsea Wanderer, 24 October 2020
The Southsea Wander published a list of ‘5 Winter Canal Cruises’. http://www.southseawanderer.co.uk/5-winter-canal-cruises/
Entries by Debbie Ludford
The Sunday Post, 18 October 2020
Liz Kavanagh reviews her first narrowboat holiday, travelling along the Union Canal in Scotland in her article ‘Who needs wheels! Boats for beginners’.
The Times, 17 October 2020
Helen Ochyra picks the ’25 best autumn breaks in the UK’ including ‘Canal cruising in Warwickshire’
Mudpie Fridays, 14 October 2020
Clare at Mudpie Fridays offers ’10 Tips for your first narrowboat break with kids’. She and her family took a canal boat holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal. https://mudpiefridays.com/2020/10/14/10-tips-for-your-first-narrowboat-break-with-kids/
The Saturday Express Magazine, 10 October 2020
‘A new world on the waterways’ reviews a Drifters canal boat holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal
A Narrowboat Holiday in Northamptonshire
Countryman editor Mark Whitley describes his holiday on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire The Grand Union Canal celebrated its 90th anniversary this year. A good reason to enjoy its many delights by on a week’s narrowboat holiday. So on a sunny Saturday, I and three friends (my crew for the week) met up at […]
Travel to Bath by Narrowboat
Clare Minall and her family travelled to Bath and back on their first narrowboat holiday. They set off for a weekend away from our canal boat hire base on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Hilperton. This is near Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Clare describes their boat, saying it was “well appointed and had everything we […]
A family holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal
Nichola from Globalmouse Travels and her family took a Drifters canal boat holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal. They travelled from our Bath base. They enjoyed watching ‘the beautiful Georgian architecture of Bath’ as they set off on their family adventure afloat. Nichola says ‘the children immediately loved it’, watching the ducks and swans […]
Cruise through the countryside this October Half Term
Canal boat holidays are great for families – offering the chance to ship out together on an adventure afloat, learning how to navigate the canals, work the locks and watch out for waterway wildlife along the way. A licence isn’t required to steer a canal boat and all our operators provide hirers with boat steering […]
Yorkshire Wonders reviews a canal boat holiday from our Barnoldswick base
Last August, Nikki Turner-Chaplin and her family set off on their first canal boat holiday. They travelled from our narrowboat hire base on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Barnoldswick. This is run by Drifters operator Shire Cruisers. Nikki and her husband had enjoyed holidays afloat as children and wanted their two children to experience […]